Chapter 12
The sky turned dark and swallowed the two lovers as the dark haired boy caressed the fragile blonde in his powerful grip. Something about the Earth on this day was unusually calming; the stars were visible, the chaos was limited, and the sound of running water could be heard from a mile away. The only thing that would occasionally break the silence was the lips of the boy as he sweetly ravaged his girl, suckling upon the salt of her skin and inhaling the overwhelming sweetness of her burning blood. She would moan out his name quietly into the wind and every sound leaving her lips would be swept away by the air for only the trees to hear. The trees and the cold blooded man lurking among them.
Azusa's sucking came to a sudden stop and a lightheaded Yui clung onto him tighter, not wanting him to leave her. "What is it, Azusa-kun?" She panted. A gust of wind spewed against her porcelain skin and she felt goosebumps cover her arms. Azusa's body had become stiff and he quickly hushed her through bared teeth. The two remained in a deadly silence and slowly Yui began to sense all of their surroundings. She felt exposed. His arms instinctively wrapped around her torso and he huffed through the darkness, "One of them... I can hear them. Breathing."
"Ah.." A deep voice growled, "I knew I'd find you eventually, Pancake."
Yui's entire being froze and the feeling of panic washed over her entire being. Not even the arms of her beloved could keep her safe now, not from the trauma that that exact voice caused to arise in her chest. Her heart was beating at an alarming rate. It was Ayato, the first man to ever pierce her flesh and the person she was forced to be devoted to during her time at the Sakamaki mansion. He was her superior, her molester, her owner. "We need to leave. Please," Yui whispered desperately. Through thin lips, Azusa hissed, "Nonsense."
Ayato Sakamaki strode through the darkness and slowly emerged among the trees, making his way across the clearing and abruptly stopping about a foot away from where Yui and Azusa laid. "What an interesting pairing," he chuckled. The sadistic grin that had spread across his cheeks suddenly twisted into an ugly grimace as his eyes met Yui's. When they reunited, he had pictured finding her half dead under a tree waiting for her savior or maybe just finding her half-eaten corpse among the wildlife. Never did he imagine her being underneath Azusa Mukami with her blood smeared across his pale lips. In a single swift movement, Yui had been snatched from the ground and was being dangled in an awkward kneeling position by the wrist at Ayato's feet. "I know you've missed me, my sweet slut. Let me taste you. I've earned it, after all this time..." As Ayato spoke in a soft hum, he railed Yui up into his arms and prepared to sink his fangs into her flesh. However, when his lips touched the base of her neck, she could feel his body freeze. "That smell.." he growled, "I don't even recognize it anymore."
Within the following moment, Yui was launched behind Ayato and left to cower behind him on the ground. Azusa had sprung from his spot, the quick movements unusual and clearly urgent for him, and Ayato confronted him head on. Their faces were merely inches apart as Ayato shouted, "What have you done to Pancake? She smells like you, you filthy - you pathetic excuse for a vampire!" Yui watched in horror from the ground as flecks of saliva were spat onto Azusa's face which was stone cold and emotionless. There was an odd tension in his temples and she could watch as his blood began to boil. Ayato continued shouting, even as Azusa lunged forward and struck him with his knife in the abdomen. The red haired man howled in agony but refused to back down, for his arms clasped around the dark haired boy's neck and squeezed. "Stop, Ayato-kun! Please, he's hurting!" Yui cried. She had propped herself up on her knees and weakly grasped onto Ayato's shirt, attempting to pull him back but to no avail. For a split second, her eyes met Azusa's. They were glossed over and a smile was spreading over his lips. Before Yui could react, she heard Ayato snarl "Enough" before suddenly being struck in the head with his foot. Her world was now black.